12,000 Lung disease deaths each year estimated to be linked to past exposures at work

Source: Estimates from epidemiological information including burden of occupational cancer research

New and long-standing cases of work-related ill health by type, 2017/18

Source: LFS self-reported estimates

Work-related ill health per 100,000 workers - new and long-standing

Source: LFS self-reported estimates

Notes

Occupational lung diseases typically have a long latency (they take a long time to develop following exposure to the agent that caused them). Therefore, current deaths reflect the effect of past working conditions.